On March 24, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Grizzlies played against the Nets. The Grizzlies scored in double figures with 3 players and 20+ 3 players to blast the Nets without Morant.
Before the game, Grizzlies coach Jenkins said of Morant's injury, "At the moment, soreness, is how he feels. So they're doing a further check now to see what's really going on and what kind of action needs to be taken. This season, as the team's star, Morant has played in 56 games, averaging 27.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
However, without Morant, the Grizzlies are stronger and can be called the number one magical team in the NBA. According to statistics, when Morant could not play due to injury, the Grizzlies' record was 14 wins and 2 losses, with a winning rate of 87.5%; Morant's appearance in the game, the Grizzlies record was 35 wins and 21 losses, with a win rate of 62.5%.
In this game, the Nets duo Durant and Irving came together, and before the game, Irving also had good news, he was about to return to full-time and was allowed to participate in the home game. At the same time, today is also his 30th birthday.
However, the Grizzlies faced Duou's Nets and had the upper hand, scoring 40 points in the first quarter, making Morant, who was watching from the bench, quite happy and smiling. Interestingly, in the second quarter, Morant also spewed garbage with Durant.
At the end of the third quarter, Irving blasted down 33 points and 7 assists, and Durant had 33 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. The two helped the Nets complete the comeback. However, in the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies hit an offensive climax, pulling apart a double-digit point difference. In the end, the Grizzlies also laughed at the end, and Morant celebrated happily on the sidelines, but the team was stronger than him, which was really magical.